People selling things on the busy sidewalks of La Viga in Mexico City weave in and out of traffic jams by holding up their phones during short red lights to check their messages. It’s a normal part of life across the country, where cell phone service has always seemed easy and cheap. But below this busy surface, something that has never happened before is happening in Mexico’s cells. About 4.9 million active mobile lines just disappeared from the national grid between December 2025 and June 2026. This made the total market base drop from 162 million to 157.1 million. A…
Author: Sierra Foster
Sierra Foster
Born in Kansas City, Sierra Foster writes about politics and serves as Senior Editor at kbsd6.com. She was raised paying attention to this city, not just living in it. Sierra has a strong, deep connection to Kansas City, from the neighborhoods east of Troost to the discussions that take place in the city hall halls. Sierra, who is presently enrolled at the University of Kansas to pursue a degree in Political Science, applies the rigor of academic study to her journalism. She writes about politics in Missouri and Kansas as someone who genuinely cares about what happens to the people in these communities—the policies that impact them, the leaders who represent them, and the civic forces influencing their futures—rather than as an outsider watching from a distance. Her editorial coverage encompasses state-level policy, local government, and the national political currents that permeate bi-state regional life. Whether it's a city council vote or a Senate race, she has a special gift for turning complex policy language into writing that feels urgent, relatable, and worthwhile. Sierra seldom sits still off the page. She claims that playing soccer on a regular basis has sharpened her instincts for political reporting because of the sport's teamwork, strategy, and requirement to read a changing game in real time. She's probably somewhere in Kansas City with her friends when she's not writing or on the pitch, discovering new reasons to adore a city she already knows so well.
Most people are familiar with one aspect of summer weather: the temperature rises thru the afternoon, peaks at 3 or 4 p.m., and then progressively decreases as the sun sets. That kind of place is Vinaròs, a seaside town in the Castellón province on the eastern Mediterranean coast of Spain. The worst of the heat is tempered by sea breezes. The water is near. Usually, things don’t get too bad. Then came August 8, 2026, in the evening. Vinaròs’s temperature at 7:45 p.m. was 28.9°C, which is warm but not dangerous for a summer Friday close to the coast. It…
The way a single number can completely change people’s perceptions of a person is subtly fascinating. That number has become its own plot point for Nikki Rodriguez, the actress who appeared in living rooms all over the world as Jackie Howard in Netflix’s My Life with the Walter Boys. It is arguably as captivating as anything the show’s creators have produced. After a report from The US Sun revealed that Nikki Rodriguez was not the 22-year-old that Wikipedia and IMDb had long listed, but rather 34—or, according to some accounts, 33—the question of her edad, the Spanish word for age…
One type of actress, whose presence changes the atmosphere around everyone else on screen, doesn’t so much enter a movie as she inhabits it. Actress Uma Thurman has always been like that. Therefore, it’s odd that she spent so much of her career being talked about mainly as a Tarantino discovery, a collaborator, and a muse. Yes, she was those things. However, she was also much more. Thurman was born in Boston in 1970 to a Swedish-German model mother and a Buddhist scholar father. His upbringing was unusual by most standards. She moved thru Amherst and Woodstock, spent parts of…
Carlos Telmo didn’t appear to be a slow-moving person. For many years, he was the type of person who, simply by entering a room, made it feel bigger. His name was on every significant guest list, and his number was recorded in every society journal worth its ink. When news broke this Monday that he had passed away in Ronda at the age of 75 following a protracted illness, the city experienced the unique kind of grief that comes when a city loses someone who was not only well-known but truly felt. Although his illness hadn’t been completely concealed, it…
A certain type of person appears to be present everyplace at once, including the newsroom, the bookshelf, the TV screen, and the podium for literary prizes. That person is Sonsoles Lénega, who has been that person in Spain for almost thirty years. She was raised as the daughter of Fernando Lénega, one of the nation’s most renowned journalists and speechwriters, and was born in Madrid in November 1977. There was no short cut to that lineage. The bar was raised, if anything. After completing her studies in journalism at Universidad CEU San Pablo, she began her career at CNN+ by…
Some actresses make a big deal out of themselves, while others just keep showing up in better projects, more intriguing roles, and unexpected conversations. Stephanie Cayo is definitely in the second group. Despite the fact that the Peruvian actress, singer, and songwriter has been in the business since she was nine years old, the global entertainment media seemed almost determined to ignore her for a considerable amount of time. This is now changing, in part due to her career and in part because her personal life has thrust her into a public eye that she didn’t exactly seek. Cayo was…
The first time they made a call without being strapped to a wall is a moment that most people forget. Not a cord. Not a landline. Just a signal traveling thru the air undetectably. Back then, it seemed almost unreal. It feels unremarkable now. Perhaps the most telling aspect of mobile telecommunications and its impact on contemporary life is that transition from wonder to routine. Apple and Samsung are not the first companies in the history of cell phones. It all began in 1946 when AT&T discreetly established a radiotelephone service in St. Louis, Missouri, utilizing a single transmitter and…
Between Palenque and Escárcega, there is a specific section of track where the jungle closes in on both sides. trees. thick green. The occasional glimpse of motion. And then, cutting thru it all, a contemporary train moving at speeds that seem a little out of step with the scenery. The most accurate way to comprehend the Tren Maya is probably to look at this tension between what was here and what has been constructed. The railway, which began full operations in December 2023, covers 1,554 kilometers across five Mexican states: Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo. It passes thru…
On September 1, 2025, Hugo Aguilar Ortiz took the oath of office as President of Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice. This was a historic moment. Born in the tiny municipality of San Miguel El Grande in Oaxacan, this Mixtec attorney represents the highest level of Mexican judicial authority. The image’s significance is difficult to ignore: a man whose community has long been on the periphery of Mexican institutional life is now seated at its core. However, history is rarely tidy. In Mexico’s June 2025 judicial elections, Aguilar Ortiz received more votes than any of the 64 candidates vying for Supreme…